Rise of the Superhero - Captain Comics2018-02-22T05:15:22Zhttp://captaincomics.ning.com/forum/topics/rise-of-the-superhero?feed=yes&xn_auth=noAuction won, cost of magazine…tag:captaincomics.ning.com,2018-02-19:3370054:Comment:5561462018-02-19T11:57:28.421ZSteve Whttp://captaincomics.ning.com/profile/SteveWhateley
<p>Auction won, cost of magazine GBP 3.00 (around $3.50). It's on its way to me!</p>
<p>Auction won, cost of magazine GBP 3.00 (around $3.50). It's on its way to me!</p> It sounds like a very interes…tag:captaincomics.ning.com,2018-02-15:3370054:Comment:5558792018-02-15T21:55:10.007ZSteve Whttp://captaincomics.ning.com/profile/SteveWhateley
<p>It sounds like a very interesting piece of memorabilia. Sadly the Amazon sale isn't available in the UK, but, luckily for me, there's a secondhand copy available for sale on ebay's UK site. I should have a copy by Tuesday!</p>
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<p>It sounds like a very interesting piece of memorabilia. Sadly the Amazon sale isn't available in the UK, but, luckily for me, there's a secondhand copy available for sale on ebay's UK site. I should have a copy by Tuesday!</p>
<p></p> I was not able to find a copy…tag:captaincomics.ning.com,2018-02-10:3370054:Comment:5557542018-02-10T23:37:33.122ZHoy Murphyhttp://captaincomics.ning.com/profile/HoyMurphy
<p>I was not able to find a copy at Kroger, Walgreens or Rite-Aid, but today I found a stack of them at Books-A-Million and grabbed one. I just glanced through it and found Craig's entries, and you bet I'll read those first.</p>
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<p>Thanks again for the tip, Dave.</p>
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<p>I was not able to find a copy at Kroger, Walgreens or Rite-Aid, but today I found a stack of them at Books-A-Million and grabbed one. I just glanced through it and found Craig's entries, and you bet I'll read those first.</p>
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<p>Thanks again for the tip, Dave.</p>
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<p>Hoy</p> Into the 1970s Superman appar…tag:captaincomics.ning.com,2018-02-09:3370054:Comment:5555582018-02-09T02:52:21.354ZLuke Blanchardhttp://captaincomics.ning.com/profile/LukeBlanchard
<p>Into the 1970s Superman apparently outsold Batman, as DC put out more comics with Superman/Superboy. But for the time being that seems to have reversed.</p>
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<p>Superman was the first great comic book superhero, but I think Nadir, Master of Magic from <em>New Adventure Comics</em> was the very first.</p>
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<p>Into the 1970s Superman apparently outsold Batman, as DC put out more comics with Superman/Superboy. But for the time being that seems to have reversed.</p>
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<p>Superman was the first great comic book superhero, but I think Nadir, Master of Magic from <em>New Adventure Comics</em> was the very first.</p>
<p></p> Interesting that they don't i…tag:captaincomics.ning.com,2018-02-09:3370054:Comment:5555192018-02-09T02:00:09.775ZFred W. Hillhttp://captaincomics.ning.com/profile/FredWHill
<p>Interesting that they don't include the very first comicbook superhero, Superman, on the cover. And just a little over 10 years ago much of the non-comics buying public wouldn't have been familiar with either Iron Man or Marvel's version of Thor.</p>
<p>Interesting that they don't include the very first comicbook superhero, Superman, on the cover. And just a little over 10 years ago much of the non-comics buying public wouldn't have been familiar with either Iron Man or Marvel's version of Thor.</p> I do remember seeing this at…tag:captaincomics.ning.com,2018-02-07:3370054:Comment:5552182018-02-07T14:11:47.408ZJeff of Earth-Jhttp://captaincomics.ning.com/profile/JeffPlackemeier
<p>I do remember seeing this at Walgreens but I didn't look at it because the cover led me to believe it was about super-heroes on television and in the movies. Now that I know it's more comic book centric I'll keep an eye out for it.</p>
<p>I do remember seeing this at Walgreens but I didn't look at it because the cover led me to believe it was about super-heroes on television and in the movies. Now that I know it's more comic book centric I'll keep an eye out for it.</p> Thanks, Dave! As you surmised…tag:captaincomics.ning.com,2018-02-07:3370054:Comment:5552152018-02-07T11:51:58.156ZHoy Murphyhttp://captaincomics.ning.com/profile/HoyMurphy
<p>Thanks, Dave! As you surmised I had passed this over since the cover makes it appear to be specifically about TV and movie versions of the super-heroes (I still use the hyphen). Now that I know that it includes work by Mr. Silver Age, I'll be looking out for it.</p>
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<p>Thanks, Dave! As you surmised I had passed this over since the cover makes it appear to be specifically about TV and movie versions of the super-heroes (I still use the hyphen). Now that I know that it includes work by Mr. Silver Age, I'll be looking out for it.</p>
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<p>Hoy</p> Thanks for noting it and for…tag:captaincomics.ning.com,2018-02-07:3370054:Comment:5553722018-02-07T02:11:49.225ZMr. Silver Agehttp://captaincomics.ning.com/profile/MrSilverAge
<p>Thanks for noting it and for the kind words, Dave! I'm guilty of not posting about it, but there was significant talk about it on Facebook, as CBG's Maggie Thompson and John Jackson Miller also contributed.</p>
<p>Their concept was to show how popular culture was reflected in the comics, which was confused by their use of all TV and movie photos on the cover, but that's where the real interest is these days, so it probably got people to pick it up and flip. I was impressed they'd take a…</p>
<p>Thanks for noting it and for the kind words, Dave! I'm guilty of not posting about it, but there was significant talk about it on Facebook, as CBG's Maggie Thompson and John Jackson Miller also contributed.</p>
<p>Their concept was to show how popular culture was reflected in the comics, which was confused by their use of all TV and movie photos on the cover, but that's where the real interest is these days, so it probably got people to pick it up and flip. I was impressed they'd take a different tack and avoid the obvious one.</p>
<p>It was originally available at kind of second-tier magazine stands, like Walmart, Target and Walgreens. I don't know if it's still available, as these are fairly evergreen (but there are a lot of publishers that put them out). But the best part about mentioning it now with the Amazon link is that the price has dropped by about 50% since it first came out last fall.</p>
<p>-- MSA</p>